Political Quotes

“every day millions of Americans get up, pack their lunch, send their kids off to school, and go to work. Denying normal trade relations with China hurts these families. These Americans have no idea the products they make end up in China. Denying normal trade status for China jeopardizes the long-term survivability of these high-paying jobs. For example, in addition to 600 Neons shipped directly from Belvidere, IL, to China, Chrysler Corp. purchased $1.3 million in parts from six automotive parts makers spread throughout the 16th District of Illinois to supply their Jeep plant in Beijing. Sunstrand Corp. and Woodward Governor sell industrial and aerospace products to China. Ingersoll Milling Machine of Rockford sells electrical generating machines to China worth $3.5 million. Honeywell in Freeport expects to sell 5 percent of their total production to China by the year 2004. Motorola of Schaumburg sold roughly 1.2 billion dollars' worth of goods to China in 1994. They are building a factory in the district I represent that will employ 5,000 new people making cellular phones to ship to China. It is not just large companies. RD Systems of Roscoe landed a $1.7 million contract to build four machines for a Chinese manufacturer of cell phone batteries. That is 30 percent of the business for a company with only 30 employees. The list goes on. T.C. Industries of Crystal Lake supplies blade tips to Caterpillar. Mr. Speaker, MFN for China means jobs for America.”